I didn’t want to run a played out aftermarket wheel and I wanted to stay with a 16” for maximum sidewall flex. The stock 80 series wheels are great but I wanted something a bit different. I had considered having the stock wheels converted to real bead locks but I also had a set of take-off wheels from a 2013 Trail Teams FJ cruiser. These are the 16” TRD wheels so I took them over to OMF Performance to have them converted.
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Over at OMF they first machine the outer lip off the wheel then they weld on the inner half of the bead lock ring. The wheels had a ridge on the inside of the hub bore that the center cap snapped into that interfered with the full floater hub but since OMF has to machine them any way it was easy for them to dress up the hub bore. The outer ring and hardware is supplied with the converted wheel. I mounted the tires since it can be done manually, it just takes a while to torque all the bolts gradually and evenly. Tires are 315/75R16 Nitto Trail Grapplers, about equal to a 35” x 12.50”
The backspace on these wheels is almost the same as the stock 80. The width was a little narrower originally but when the ring is welded on such that the tire goes to the outside of the of the wheel and is then clamped by the outer ring the overall width got a bit wider and is now almost the same as stock.
I did some forklift flexing to see how the clearances are. I’m going to do some track bar adjustments to optimize the fit and a bit of trimming. The width is close to stuffing well. Could be a bit wider in the rear but that would hurt the front turning clearance. We will see when I get it out with some real world testing. The lift currently is about 2.5” with no bump stop spacers. Shocks are 10.4” travel in the rear and 11.4” front, giving it a lot of droop
http://www.omfperformance.com/index.php
Over at OMF they first machine the outer lip off the wheel then they weld on the inner half of the bead lock ring. The wheels had a ridge on the inside of the hub bore that the center cap snapped into that interfered with the full floater hub but since OMF has to machine them any way it was easy for them to dress up the hub bore. The outer ring and hardware is supplied with the converted wheel. I mounted the tires since it can be done manually, it just takes a while to torque all the bolts gradually and evenly. Tires are 315/75R16 Nitto Trail Grapplers, about equal to a 35” x 12.50”
The backspace on these wheels is almost the same as the stock 80. The width was a little narrower originally but when the ring is welded on such that the tire goes to the outside of the of the wheel and is then clamped by the outer ring the overall width got a bit wider and is now almost the same as stock.
I did some forklift flexing to see how the clearances are. I’m going to do some track bar adjustments to optimize the fit and a bit of trimming. The width is close to stuffing well. Could be a bit wider in the rear but that would hurt the front turning clearance. We will see when I get it out with some real world testing. The lift currently is about 2.5” with no bump stop spacers. Shocks are 10.4” travel in the rear and 11.4” front, giving it a lot of droop
